Abasi 'Bas' Latcham

Abasi 'Bas' Latcham

Data | Analytics | Mapping

Who am I?

I am a data and analytics professional with an interest in long-term, chronic stresses on society and the economy.

My career has focused on using economics and data science to support public policy responses (including the 2020 Black Summer bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts). I have experience leading analytics teams and deploying the IT infrastructure to enable their success.

Interests

  • Economics
  • Cartography
  • Climate change
  • Data visualisation
  • Linguistics
  • Extreme sports

Education

  • Master of Science (International Relations and Diplomacy), 2014

    Leiden University

  • Bachelor of Economics (International Trade and Finance), 2010

    University of Queensland

  • Bachelor of Laws, 2010

    University of Queensland

Skills

Data

Automation, dashboards and R package development

Analytics

Statistics, econometrics and machine learning

Mapping

Visualisation, geocomputation and spatial analysis